title: Effects of epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-beta 1 on rat heart endothelial cell anchorage-dependent and -independent growth.
abstract: This report describes the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) on the anchorage-dependent and -independent growth of rat heart endothelial cells (RHE-1A). When RHE-1A cells were grown in monolayer culture with medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) supplemented with epidermal growth factor (0.1-100 ng/ml), growth was stimulated fivefold when compared to that of cells grown in medium containing 10% FBS alone. The stimulatory effect of EGF on RHE-1A cell monolayer growth was dose-dependent and half-maximal at 5 ng/ml. The addition of TGF-beta 1 in the range 0.1-10 ng/ml had no effect on RHE-1A cell monolayer growth when added to medium containing 10% FBS alone or 10% FBS supplemented with EGF (50 ng/ml). RHE-1A cells failed to grow under anchorage-independent conditions in 0.3% agar medium containing 10% FBS. In the presence of EGF, however, colony formation increased dramatically. The stimulatory effect of EGF was dose-dependent in the range 0.1-100 ng/ml and was half-maximal at 5 ng/ml. In contrast to its effects under anchorage-dependent conditions, TGF-beta 1 (0.1-10 ng/ml) antagonized the stimulatory effects of EGF on RHE-1A cell anchorage-independent growth. The inhibitory effect of TGF-beta 1 was dose-dependent and half-maximal at 0.1 ng/ml. EGF-induced RHE-1A soft agar colonies were isolated and reinitiated in monolayer culture. They retained the cobblestone morphology and contact-inhibition characteristic of normal vascular endothelial cells. Each of the clones continued to express Factor VIII antigen. These findings suggest that TGF-beta may influence not only endothelial cell proliferation but also anchorage dependence. These effects may in turn be of relevance to endothelial cell growth and angiogenesis in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Mooradian
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Diglio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors